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SEC. 261. Prohibited Acts. — The following shall be guilty of an election (g) Appointment of new employees, creation of new position, promotion, or giving salary increases. — During
Offense: the period of forty-five days before a regular election and thirty days before a special election, (1) any head,
(a) Vote-buying and vote-selling. — (1) Any person who gives, offers or promises money or anything of value, official or appointing officer of a government office, agency or instrumentality, whether national or local, including
gives or promises any office or employment, franchise or grant, public or private, or makes or offers to make an government-owned or controlled corporations, who appoints or hires any new employee, whether provisional,
expenditure, directly or indirectly, or cause an expenditure to be made to any person, association, corporation, temporary, or casual, or creates and fills any new position, except upon prior authority of the Commission. The
entity, or community in order to induce anyone or the public in general to vote for or against any candidate or Commission shall not grant the authority sought unless, it is satisfied that the position to be filled is essential to
withhold his vote in the election, or to vote for or against any aspirant for the nomination or choice of a candidate the proper functioning of the office of agency concerned, and that the position shall not be filled in a manner that
in a convention or similar selection process of a political party. may influence the election.
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